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[tripehound1]

was this thread ever actually ON topic?

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

Yeah , that too but like I said.Either I can let the person ruin my morning/day or I can take the high road and continue.

[thegreateski]

Ryzaki wrote...

Varenus Luckmann wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...
Fine whatever word is offensive. There you go. So can you stop using it? Unless of course your intention is to offend? 

Or you actually need to use the word ****** to say something.

I will continue to use the word ****** where applicable. If I mean negroes, I will say negroes. If I mean african americans, I will say african americans. If I mean blacks, I will say blacks.

Just because all these words overlaps on a great many points don't make them interchangable.

You know what. Knock yourself out.

Physically or verbally?

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

Page 4 , was I believe

[Ryzaki]

diskoh wrote...

LOST SPARTANJLC wrote...

Yes , if in another country you can get away with saying it.

Either A. the person was not from the US or the country is backward thinking or hasn't been exposed to correctness.Simple as that

Or C, he knew exactly what he was saying and is just a racist. It's not much of a stretch for someone who is a homophobe to also be racist. it's the same line of thinking; demonizing people different from you.

Truth be told it usually overlaps. I have yet to meet a homophobe that wasn't sexist and/or racist in some manner. Bigotry tends to lend itself to more bigotry. *shrugs* Oh well. There's only so much you can do for the ignorant before you're better off letting them go.

[Ryzaki]

thegreateski wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...

Varenus Luckmann wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...
Fine whatever word is offensive. There you go. So can you stop using it? Unless of course your intention is to offend? 

Or you actually need to use the word ****** to say something.

I will continue to use the word ****** where applicable. If I mean negroes, I will say negroes. If I mean african americans, I will say african americans. If I mean blacks, I will say blacks.

Just because all these words overlaps on a great many points don't make them interchangable.

You know what. Knock yourself out.

Physically or verbally?

I totally see what you did there.

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

thegreateski ,



I'm fine with your position , but what's so hard about saying blacks/ or african-americans instead of ******

[Varenus Luckmann]

diskoh wrote...
Yeah, still used by racists, to make racist comments.

Ah, you poor amerikaners and your limited vocabulary.

diskoh wrote...
Wrong again.

You know what? Let's bring up your favourite page in the universe:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black+race

None of those are actually specific as to what race you're talking about. They are extremely general. So please, pray tell, what constitutes this "black race" of which you speak. Or is it just a skin colour, which is shared between many races? How black must you be before you're part of the "black race"?

[thegreateski]

LOST SPARTANJLC wrote...

thegreateski ,

I'm fine with your position , but what's so hard about saying blacks/ or african-americans instead of ******

There's nothing hard about typeing out blacks.

I just don't want to be arsed to type out African Americans everytime I refer to someone of that demographic.

We white people are walking on egg shells when it comes to "race names" you know.




Hmm . . . it just occured to me that I'm not actually white. I'm 50% indian. The other 50% is Irish/Scottish/ and German.


I'm just a drinking problem waiting to happen aren't I?

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

What are the different races , Aren't we all the same ? No ones a different species and yet differences.

[tripehound1]

Varenus Luckmann wrote...

diskoh wrote...
Yeah, still used by racists, to make racist comments.

Ah, you poor amerikaners and your limited vocabulary.

diskoh wrote...
Wrong again.

You know what? Let's bring up your favourite page in the universe:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black+race

None of those are actually specific as to what race you're talking about. They are extremely general. So please, pray tell, what constitutes this "black race" of which you speak. Or is it just a skin colour, which is shared between many races? How black must you be before you're part of the "black race"?

as I said american/canadian forum=american/canadian rules/protocols now you know it's racist IN THAT CULTURE the only reason to keep using it is to cause trouble.

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

Ok , but to avoid any confusion blacks is perfectly fine.

[TJSolo]

Varenus Luckmann wrote...

diskoh wrote...
Yeah, still used by racists, to make racist comments.

Ah, you poor amerikaners and your limited vocabulary.

diskoh wrote...
Wrong again.

You know what? Let's bring up your favourite page in the universe:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black+race

None of those are actually specific as to what race you're talking about. They are extremely general. So please, pray tell, what constitutes this "black race" of which you speak. Or is it just a skin colour, which is shared between many races? How black must you be before you're part of the "black race"?

It depends what country you are in.
Since this is an American/Canadian forum the local understanding for the term black is a referral to a person of African decent. Which is different from being a Black African.

Modifié par TJSolo, 12 mars 2010 - 08:26 .

[tripehound1]

LOST SPARTANJLC wrote...

What are the different races , Aren't we all the same ? No ones a different species and yet differences.

^ this, the differences between the "races" are so minor they're barely even differences, in many ways I'm more different from my own brother than I am from some of my black friends...

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

Correct , but blacks is a better term than ****** any day.

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

Good point

[Varenus Luckmann]

thegreateski wrote...
[...]
Hmm . . . it just occured to me that I'm not actually white. I'm 50% indian. The other 50% is Irish/Scottish/ and German.

I'm just a drinking problem waiting to happen aren't I?

Did you just imply that Indiands, Scotsmen, Irish and Germans drink disproportionally compared to the rest of the population based on racial demographics? OMG!

[thegreateski]

Varenus Luckmann wrote...

thegreateski wrote...
[...]
Hmm . . . it just occured to me that I'm not actually white. I'm 50% indian. The other 50% is Irish/Scottish/ and German.

I'm just a drinking problem waiting to happen aren't I?

Did you just imply that Indiands, Scotsmen, Irish and Germans drink disproportionally compared to the rest of the population based on racial demographics? OMG!

I chuckled.

[LOST SPARTANJLC]

Yeah , that was unintentionally racist

Modifié par LOST SPARTANJLC, 12 mars 2010 - 08:27 .

[phordicus]

skipped 21 pages of idiocy to say that there's nothing inherent in being hetero that requires opposing being ******. how about you just all move to kansas and let the rest of the world evolve.
p.s.  i'm not apologizing for the kansas remark.  it's so backwards as a state it might as well be in the South.

Modifié par phordicus, 12 mars 2010 - 08:28 .

[Varenus Luckmann]

LOST SPARTANJLC wrote...
What are the different races , Aren't we all the same ? No ones a different species and yet differences.

I'm going to leave that up in the air, because it's an extremely extensive question that geneticists are still arguing over. Extremely small differences can have profound effects that we have yet to fully understand.

[thegreateski]

Well to be fair I personally am totally addicted to the caffine in soda. Were I to start drinking, smoking, or doing drugs then I'd be screwed.

I'd love to do all three of those things but quiet frankly if I started doing any of them then I wouldn't be able to control myself.

This is funny because I see myself as having a strong will because of it. Oh the irony is killing me.

Modifié par thegreateski, 12 mars 2010 - 08:31 .

[tripehound1]

Actually Scotland (especially Glasgow) does have a very high proportion of alcoholics



also how the hell has this thread STILL not been locked?

[Varenus Luckmann]

LOST SPARTANJLC wrote...
Correct , but blacks is a better term than ****** any day.

I'm inclined to agree from a "keep the peace and avoid butthurt gay persons" standpoint, but the problem is that there's no other way to describe negroes other than "******". Black is extremely generic and simply inadequate for anyone that tries to use a precise vocabulary.

[thegreateski]

tripehound1 wrote...

Actually Scotland (especially Glasgow) does have a very high proportion of alcoholics

also how the hell has this thread STILL not been locked?

1. We're actually discussing a legit thing here . . . regardless of how people have tried to derail it.

2. Even mods have to sleep.